| 单词 | supple |
| 释义 | supple —suppleness, n. /sup"euhl/, adj., suppler, supplest, v. , suppled, suppling. adj. 1. bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough. 2. characterized by ease in bending; limber; lithe: supple movements. 3. characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action. 4. compliant or yielding. 5. obsequious; servile. v.t. , v.i. 6. to make or become supple. [1250-1300; (adj.) ME souple flexible, compliant < OF: soft, yielding, lithe < L supplic- (s. of supplex) submissive, suppliant, equiv. to sup- SUP- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicare to FOLD1, bend (thus meaning "bent over"; cf. COMPLEX), or to placare to PLACATE (thus meaning "in the attitude of a suppliant"); (v.) ME supplen to soften, deriv. of the n. (cf. OF asoplir)] |
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